MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	134% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 22:21
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 160 2-Core 319 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 632 8-Core 636 85% 634 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 210 Parallax 208 154% 202 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 178 Splatting 130 118% 146 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 114GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 610 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 82 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 948502331	124% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 506 Mixed 232 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 53.9 194% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 138 141% 229 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 84610856633810 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1379 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1374 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 179008 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 179008 (F2) Unknown 100 100 219888 (F9) Unknown 100 100 5729	72.5% Very good	Read 490 Write 128 Mixed 205 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 15.8 123% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 58.7 88% 170 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 83%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 218GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 136 4116 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2851 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12761 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2575 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1012 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1839 (C2) HDA temperature 112 101 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	65.8% Good	Read 119 Write 111 Mixed 79 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.39 96% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 43.4 MC Mixed 36.5 116% 40.5 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 44.8 SC Mixed 34.3 98% 34.5 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) - $180

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,669x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	364x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	358x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	184x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16